Posted on 06/28/2025 1:18:37 PM PDT by Drew68
Eric Trump has hinted that he or another of the Trump family could run for president when his father’s second term in the White House comes to an end.
Eric, who is co-executive vice-president of the Trump Organization, said, the road to the White House “would be an easy one” if he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps.
In an interview with the Financial Times, he said: “The real question is: ‘Do you want to drag other members of your family into it?… Would I want my kids to live the same experience over the last decade that I’ve lived?
“You know, if the answer was yes, I think the political path would be an easy one, meaning, I think I could do it,” he added. “And by the way, I think other members of our family could do it too.”
Unlike his other siblings, Donald Jr and Ivanka Trump, the 41-year-old has mostly stayed away from politics, focusing instead on running the family business since his father entered the Oval Office in 2017.
However, he seems to have kept one eye on politics this whole time, saying he found himself “wholly unimpressed by half the politicians” he sees and that he could do the job “very effectively”.
The US vice-president, JD Vance, and the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, are expected to be the frontrunners for the GOP nomination, but when asked if 2024 would be the last election with a Trump on the ballot, Eric Trump said: “I don’t know … Time will tell. But there’s more people than just me.”
He added: “The question is, do you want to do it? And do you want to subject the people that you love to the brutality of this system? ...”
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The guy who made millions on a crypto bro pump and dump? Yeah….lets make him President. Not.
No thanks...
Let Vance run in 2028
Don Jr. impresses me more than Eric.
Or Rubio.
JD's great. But it's not a coronation.
No thank you.
I agree. I am waiting to be impressed by any of Trump's children.
Maybe Barron when he gets older. Certainly not Don Jr. or Ivanka. Tiffany seems to keep a low profile.
Rubio is better. More experienced. Smoother. No facial hair.
No thank you.
I think Rubio should stay Sec. of State.
Sorry...
We’ve been there... Done that...
A double disaster...
No! Vance or Rubio.
I think he's ready for promotion. He has the best mentor in the world in Trump. And he lives in Florida.
JD's great. But he's young.
Ah, no.
Little Marco Rubio would be a mistake for the GOP. He’s too much of a milquetoast republican.
Him running for the nomination would be worth it just to watch the liberal agony and screaming.
We have some good candidates for 2028. No need for Trump’s son to be in the mix.
How about running for Mayor or Governor of New York first?
Where do I send my check?
He will stay as Sec of State. Isn’t this a discussion of who could run in 2028? He can continue as Sec of State and still be a candidate in the 2028 primaries.
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